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accomplishment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of accomplishment

1 a successful result brought about by hard work

  • our biggest accomplishment this week was finishing the living room makeover
Synonyms of accomplishment

achievement, acquirement, attainment, baby, coup, success, triumph
Words Related to accomplishment

blockbuster, hit, jackpot, megahit, miracle, smash, winner

conquest, gain, victory, win

skill

deed, feat, performance

arrival, completion, consummation, culmination, execution, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, realization
Phrases Synonymous with accomplishment

a feather in oneʼs cap
Near Antonyms of accomplishment

botch, cock-up [British], mess, muddle, shambles

bummer, bust, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, washout

disappointment, letdown, loss, setback
Antonyms of accomplishment

nonachievement

2 the doing of an action

  • your prompt accomplishment of this urgent project is much appreciated
Synonyms of accomplishment

achievement, commission, discharge, enactment, execution, fulfillment (or fulfilment), implementation, performance, perpetration, prosecution, pursuance
Words Related to accomplishment

dispatch, expedition

administration, direction, handling, management

application, operation, practice (also practise)
Antonyms of accomplishment

nonfulfillment, nonperformance

3 the state of being actual or complete

  • a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see
Synonyms of accomplishment

achievement, actuality, actualization, attainment, consummation, fruition, fulfillment (or fulfilment), pass, realization
Words Related to accomplishment

success, triumph
Near Antonyms of accomplishment

defeat, failure, fizzle, nonsuccess
Antonyms of accomplishment

naught (also nought), nonfulfillment

4 a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts

  • what his wife lacked in traditional accomplishment she made up for with a great generosity of spirit
Synonyms of accomplishment

civilization, couth, cultivation, culture, polish, refinement
Words Related to accomplishment

education, erudition, intellectualism, intellectuality, knowledge, learning, literacy, scholarship

cosmopolitanism, sophistication, urbanity

breeding, genteelness, gentility, manners

class, elegance, grace, taste

civility, courteousness, courtesy, politeness
Near Antonyms of accomplishment

ignorance, illiteracy

parochialism, provincialism, rusticity, unsophistication

boorishness, churlishness, clownishness, coarseness, crudeness, vulgarity
Antonyms of accomplishment

barbarianism, barbarism, philistinism

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  1. Dictionary: Definition of accomplishment Spanish Central: Translation of accomplishment Nglish: Translation of accomplishment for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of accomplishment for Arabic speakers

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